A Fairer Wage. Why not?

Posted: June 26, 2014

We stumbled upon this article on one of our favourite websites Upworthy and wanted to share it with you. The lengthy title says it all: Gap Went for Fairer Pay Even Though the Rest of the Country Wasn’t Really Doing It? Cool. Even though it’s talking about the US, we think the idea of paynig employees more, when not required to, is pretty darn cool. Take a look: Because companies in America just plain aren’t required by law to pay employees more than minimum wage, many just plain don’t. These companies take advantage of the situation, and while their corporate...

7 Tips for Becoming a Leader

Posted: June 6, 2014

We work with a lot of managers, leaders and decision-makers within companies. We try and give good advice to them about hiring good people, managing the staff they have and keeping the right people within their companies. But we realize we need to address the people one step below the managers – the people who will eventually be the leader of these companies. We turned to a great website and resource called Careerealism for some tips on how to position yourself as a leader at work. Even if you don’t have the title yet, you can still act like a...